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<p><h2>THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (CH. 25 : 1-13)</h2>

<SUP class="vnum">1</SUP> “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took
  their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
<SUP class="vnum">2</SUP> Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
<SUP class="vnum">3</SUP> Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
<SUP class="vnum">4</SUP> but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
<SUP class="vnum">5</SUP> But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and
  slept.
<SUP class="vnum">6</SUP> “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is
  coming; go out to meet him!’
<SUP class="vnum">7</SUP> Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
<SUP class="vnum">8</SUP> And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for
  our lamps are going out.’
<SUP class="vnum">9</SUP> But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be
  enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for
  yourselves.’
<SUP class="vnum">10</SUP> And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. 
<SUP class="vnum">11</SUP> “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open
  to us!’
<SUP class="vnum">12</SUP> But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 
<SUP class="vnum">13</SUP> “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

<p>Glory be to God forever. <b>Amen</b>.

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